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Thin Harness, Fat Skills: The New Way To Build Software

AI AgentsSoftware DevelopmentProductivity

May 8, 2026

Thin Harness, Fat Skills: The New Way To Build Software

Gary Tan, YC CEO, details how he shipped hundreds of thousands of lines of code in months after a 13-year hiatus, leveraging AI agents and a "thin harness, fat skills" approach to achieve 400x productivity.

Y Combinator